Improvement in wheel-vehicles



G. 's. MANNING.

Carriage-Spring.

No. 39,297. I Patented July 21, 1863.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

G. S. MANNING, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENTlN WHEELAVEHICLES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, G. S. ll/IANNING, ofSpringfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in WVheel-Vehicles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aside sectional view of a wagon with my invention applied to it; Fig. 2,a detached portion of my invention; Fig. 3, a section of Fig. 2, takenin the line as w.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to an improvement in the springs ofwheel-vehicles, the mode of applying them, 850., whereby it is believedthat several advantages are obtained over the old or ordinary springs,as hereinafter described. To enable those skilled in the art to fullyunderstand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it. 7

A represents the body of a wagon, and B B the front and back axles ofthe same.

0 represents the springs, one part, a, of which is around and underneaththe axles, and.is connected by a link, I), to the other part, 0. (SeeFigs. 1 and 3.) 'lhe upper ends of the part a of the springs of the backaxle are attached to the bottom of the body A, as shown at d, and thetwo parts a c of the back springs pass through staples 6, attached to abar, j, which is secured to the bottom of the body A some distance infront of the back axle. The upper ends of the parts 0 simply bearagainst the under side of the parts a. By this arrangement a bent formis given the springs, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. One or more leaves, 9,may be added to the springs, if necessary or desired. These leaves aresimply passed through the staplese, as shown in Fig. 1. The parts a ofthe springs are secured to the axles by means of clips D, whichencompass the axles--one at each side of each part a of thespringsandpass through plates E, and are secured thereto by nuts h. The plates Eare secured to the parts a by means of countersinks t, which form teatsj, the teats ot' the parts a fitting in the countersinks 'i of theplates E, and teats k on the axles B, fitting in countersinks i in theparts a of the springs. (SeeFig.3.) By this arrangementit will be seenthat the springs are not weakened by having holes made through them inattaching them to the axles. The front springs are applied in preciselythe same way as the back springs, the only modification being that whichis required in order to admit of the front axle turning, as usual, andwhich consists in having the m of which are attached to the fifth-wheelF, and the upper ends of the parts a to a cross bar, a, of thefifth-wheel. By this arrangethat is durable, and which admits ot' alongitudinal degree of elasticitythat is to say, of a forward andbackward play of the wheels and axles-and which consequently obviates ina great degree the jars and concussions to which wheehvehiclesare liablein coming in contact with stones and other obstructions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- The springs O, composed of two principalparts, a 0, connected together by a link, b, and secured to the axles Band to the vehicle, in the manner substantially as herein set forth.

G. S. MANNING.

Witnesses:

JOHN N. MANNING,

WILLIAM SIEMENS.

staples 6 attached toahound-bar, l, the hounds ment an economical spring18 obtained, one

